response 75 of 84:

Oct 4 14:18 UTC 1996

There's also quite a few lurkers.  I know I've lurked on voting issues and
still voted.  Mainly, it was because others were making my points better than
I could.

response 77 of 84:

Oct 4 23:16 UTC 1996

A couple days ago, I sent a message to the board asking two questions
about issues that have been discussed in co-op recently.  Six of seven
responded, and their answers are below.  Opinions are essentially
unanimous.
 
> Here's a very brief board opinion survey.  I'd ask in co-op, but that
> could get drifty.  I'm hoping for short (like one-word, or maybe one-
> line) answers.  I'll post results (with source) in a couple days; if
> you don't want to be quoted, don't answer.  Thanks!  -Rob  :-)
>  
> 1) Do you think Grex should allow POP mail access to all users, given
>    current resource availability?
 
popcorn: No.
srw:     NO
robh:    NO!!!
scott:   No.  We process so much mail now that I'd prefer to make mail a
         member perk, except that I think it is important to give *some*
         kind of mail access for free.
scg:     I'd love to see us be able to offer POP.  It really bugs me that we
         have to avoid doing things in a way that's easy for people to avoid
         being swamped.  It's essentially saying that we can't allow
         ourselves to become good enough.  Still, we really don't have the
         resources for it.  I wish we did.
         On the bright side, there are plenty of cheap places to get POP
         access out there.  I don't think people who really want POP access
         will have too much trouble because of Grex not having it.
mta:     SHORT ANSWER:   No, I don't.
         LONG ANSWER:    The idea behind GREX is two-fold.  To create a
         unique community here in cyberspace, and to provide access to the
         information revolution to people who would otherwise be left out in
         the cold. In order to do the latter without endangering the former,
         we have to encourage people to move on to "real ISPs" as they are
         able and to think of GREX as their "hometown in cyberspace".  The
         most effective way to do that without alienating our cybercitizens
         with constant harping is to provide a "second best" form of
         whatever tools we provide that don't add to the feeling of
         community.
 
> 2) When Backtalk is made public, do you think all conferences should
>    be made accessible through Backtalk?
 
popcorn: Yes.
srw:     YES
robh:    Yes.  (Except the staff conference, obviously.)
scott:   Yes.
scg:     Yes.  I really don't see any reason not to.
mta:     SHORT ANSWER:   "read-only access" yes // "anonymous write"   no
         LONG ANSWER:    I think "read-only access" for all conferences
         would be fine and might provide many people with the introduction
         they need to decide whether to visit GREX.  I can see "anonymous
         write" as a potential problem if people with no investment in the
         GREX community decided to make hit and run twit attacks.

response 79 of 84:

Oct 5 00:45 UTC 1996

Thanks, Rob (ajax).

I really like Misti's answers.

response 81 of 84:

Oct 5 19:14 UTC 1996

Question two was asked to mean all conferences readable/writable through
backtalk, without addressing the issue of anonymity.  I think that's how
people interpreted it, except Misti who gave an answer for two different
interpretations.

response 83 of 84:

Oct 5 21:02 UTC 1996

No, the question wasn't meant to have anything to do with anonymity.